ramik bagiev

Why is radiation associated with the color green?

What color comes to mind when we think of radioactive elements? Many people probably think of green. But the truth is that very few radioactive substances glow on their own: the glow (or radioluminescence) comes from the interaction of the emitted particles with the materials around them. This glow can be yellow, or blue, or yellowish... But for some reason, it is the color green that we strongly associate with radiation.